Dipesh Chaudhury
Research Areas:
Neural Circuits, Mood Disorders, Memory Loss
Research
The research program in biology is highly diverse, drawing its strength from interdisciplinary and collaborative faculty-driven programs. Our research strengths span a wide range of topics at all levels of biological organization — from molecules to cells and organisms to ecosystems — utilizing state-of-the-art experimental methodologies. Discoveries from NYUAD's biology research teams have broad implications for understanding the fundamental properties of biological systems, complex diseases, behavior, and environmental issues.
Understanding the origins and mechanisms of diseases, and advancing approaches to treating them, is a central focus of research in biology. Biomedical research at NYUAD aims to improve human health; by understanding the molecular processes and environmental factors causing disease, and developing preventive and therapeutic strategies. Research programs in biomedical research include:
- Mechanisms of mood disorders
- Relationship between circadian-rhythms, sleep-wake cycle and mood disorders
- Drug delivery in cancer
- Cellular basis of fatty liver disease
- Cancer biology
- Molecular networks regulating programmed cell death
- Cancer killing function of tumor suppressor lipids
- Mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions in malaria
- Medical genomics of cardio-metabolic diseases
- Regenerative and stem cell biology
Principal Investigators
Kirsten Sadler Edepli
Research Areas: Liver Regeneration, Epigenetics, ER Stress, Cancer, Fatty Liver, Zebrafish, Mice
Sehamuddin Galadari
Research Areas:
Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology
Youssef Idaghdour
Research Areas:
Population and Medical Genomics, Gene-Environment Interactions
Ken-ichiro Kamei
Research Areas:
Stem Cell Biology; Organs-on-a-Chip; Nano/microtechnology; Drug discovery; Regenerative Medicine
Mazin Magzoub
Research Areas:
Delivery of Antitumor Agents and Therapeutics for Amyloid Diseases
Piergiorgio Percipalle
Research Areas:
Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology
David Scicchitano
Research Areas: Molecular Biology, Genomic Maintenance Mechanics
Dan Ohtan Wang
Research Areas: Synaptic Organization; RNA Biology; Post-transcriptional Regulation
Research Institute Centers
Center for Brain and Health
The Center draws on existing strengths in the domains of Cognition, Health, and Data Science from NYUAD, the UAE, and NYU’s Global Network University (GNU).
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Providing a nexus for cutting-edge life sciences research in the UAE, with world-class facilities and resources to promote innovative advances in genomics and systems biology.
Public Health Research Center
The center addresses critical topics for Abu Dhabi in public health science, including diabetes and obesity.
Understanding how organisms interact with their environment and with each other is at the center of the field of environmental biology. Laboratories at NYUAD are interested in a wide range of environmental questions, from adaptation to extreme environments, to the impact of human activities on ecosystems. The following research projects at NYUAD fall within this field:
- Genomic signatures of adaptation in organisms from extreme environments
- Physiological and ecological responses of fauna to environmental extremes
- Understanding the causes of algal bloom
- Symbiosis between phytoplankton and bacteria
- Conservation genomics of falcons
- Effect of arsenic exposure on metabolic health
Principal Investigators
Shady Amin
Research Areas: Chemical Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, Symbiosis
Stephane Boissinot
Research Area:
Evolutionary Genomics
Amandine Cornille
Research Areas: Climate Change, Ecology, Epigenomics, Population Genomics
John Burt
Research Areas:
Marine Biology, Coral Reefs, Ecology, Climate Adaptation
Youssef Idaghdour
Research Areas: Population and Medical Genomics, Gene-environment Interactions
Kirsten Sadler Edepli
Research Areas: Liver Regeneration, Epigenetics, ER Stress, Cancer, Fatty Liver, Zebrafish, Mice
Research Institute Centers
Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental ScienceS (ACCESS)
ACCESS is developing an environmental monitoring network and innovative instruments based on intelligent drones, as well as developing regional climate and environmental models to help understand the observed data and predict future scenarios.
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Providing a nexus for cutting-edge life sciences research in the UAE, with world-class facilities and resources to promote innovative advances in genomics and systems biology.
Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES)
The rapid rate of urbanization is putting strain on urban systems and posing new challenges across a multitude of sectors. This center is developing fundamental research that can be translated into pragmatic ideas for increasing the livability of our cities.
Water Research Center
The Water Research Center (NYUAD-WRC) aims to promote innovative research in water desalination, wastewater treatment, environmental policy, and social issues. The center serves as an interdisciplinary innovation hub for water research where scientific knowledge is transformed into practical solutions.
Genomics is a sub-field of biology interested in the evolution, function and regulation of the genome, defined as the total amount of DNA contained in a cell. The genome contains the genetic information necessary for all functions of living organisms, but it also contains a large amount of DNA with no known function. We are in the midst of the genomic revolution, and several research projects developed at NYUAD are at the leading edge of this field, applying genomic approaches to understand the evolution, function and regulation of the genome. Examples of specific projects developed at NYUAD include:
- The impact of transposable elements on the evolution of vertebrate genomes
- Cytoskeletal proteins in genomic regulation and nuclear dynamics
- Chromatin regulation during development and differentiation
- Epigenetic regulation of genomic organization
- Regulation of gene expression
- Algal genomics
- Human population genomics
- Assessing genomic variation and its impact on evolution and disease susceptibility
Principal Investigators
Shady Amin
Research Areas: Chemical Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, Symbiosis
Stephane Boissinot
Research Area:
Evolutionary Genomics
Amandine Cornille
Research Areas: Climate Change, Ecology, Epigenomics, Population Genomics
Youssef Idaghdour
Research Areas: Population and Medical Genomics, Gene-environment Interactions
David Scicchitano
Research Areas: Molecular Biology, Genomic Maintenance Mechanics
Aashish Jha
Research Areas: Population Genetics, Microbiome, Metagenomics, ELSI, Heritage, Genomics
Dan Ohtan Wang
Research Areas: Synaptic Organization; RNA Biology; Post-transcriptional Regulation
Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani
Research Area:
Algal Systems Biology
Research Institute Centers
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Providing a nexus for cutting-edge life sciences research in the UAE, with world-class facilities and resources to promote innovative advances in genomics and systems biology.